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Brain candy for Happy MutantsFri, 18 Aug 2017 01:09:34 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.187954168SkypeHide promises to hide secret messages in silent Skype packets, even when authorities are listeninghttp://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/skypehide-promises-to-hide-sec.html
http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/skypehide-promises-to-hide-sec.html#respondWed, 09 Jan 2013 21:25:36 +0000http://boingboing.net/?p=204879Buzzing around the internet this week: Polish security researcher and professor Wojciech Mazurczyk (left) claims to be developing a way to hide secret, un-eavesdroppable messages in "silent" packets transmitted within Skype conversations. He and his team plan to present SkypeHide at a steganography conference in Montpellier, France, this coming June. VentureBeat has a writeup here. The ease with which Skype can be snooped by law enforcement is well-known. I'll be interested to hear what other security researchers make of Mazurczyk's project, when and if it is eventually released.]]>Buzzing around the internet this week: Polish security researcher and professor Wojciech Mazurczyk (left) claims to be developing a way to hide secret, un-eavesdroppable messages in "silent" packets transmitted within Skype conversations. He and his team plan to present SkypeHide at a steganography conference in Montpellier, France, this coming June. VentureBeat has a writeup here. The ease with which Skype can be snooped by law enforcement is well-known. I'll be interested to hear what other security researchers make of Mazurczyk's project, when and if it is eventually released.]]>http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/skypehide-promises-to-hide-sec.html/feed0204879